How to Stop Outlook from Asking for Password

Some people come across the problem that Outlook 2010/2013/2016 keeps popping up a prompt dialog to ask for password; this may happen when or after Outlook starts or while sending emails. The reason can be various. If you want to stop the password prompt in your Outlook, read this page. I am going to share several solutions you can try to stop Outlook from asking for password.

3 tips to stop Outlook from asking for password

Tip one: Use right password to open Outlook

If your typed password is incorrect whiling opening Outlook, it won’t stop asking for password until you type the correct password. If you are not so sure about your password or have forgotten it, following is how to find your lost Outlook password.

Step 6: When password is found and displayed, use the password to open Outlook. As long as password is correct, Outlook will open and stop asking for password.

Tip two: Tell Outlook to remember your password

If you don’t want it to pop up a password prompt each time you start Outlook, you can configure Outlook to remember your password.

Step 1: Start Outlook.

Step 2: When the Outlook Data File Password dialog pops up, type your correct password and check the box "Save this password in your password list ", and then click OK. This will stop Outlook Data File Password dialog popping up to ask for password each time starting Outlook.

Tip three: Remove incorrect credentials

If you follow the first two tips, but still Outlook keeps prompting for password, that’s probably because the cached credentials are incorrect or corrupted. You have to open Credential Manager to remove Outlook entry from Windows credentials to stop Outlook from asking for password.